Know Who You Are, Be Who You Are

8/19/2023

You are a child of the universe; this is the same as your true Buddha nature. That is your natural state: light, love, faith, trust, compassion, humility,.gratefulness, joy, contentment, strength, courage, wisdom. See my post, "The Miracle That Is You. "

You do not have to choose to be a child of the universe; you are. What you must choose is to reject the guidance of your ego-mind on all things, because your ego-mind is not a function of your true self. It is a creature of what the outer world has done to you, your life experiences. Chose to not allow your ego-mind to pull you away from your natural state, and so maintain your peace and happiness.

It is a choice. It takes awareness and courage. But it is a choice, and a very effective one.

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1. The Goal Of Buddhism
1. The Goal Of Buddhism - Clarified
2. End Of Suffering Cheat Sheet
3. 12 Steps On The Buddhist Path
4. The Choice Is Yours
5. You Have A Self But It's Not The Ego
6. The Mind - Understanding Its Facets
A Buddhist Trinity - Amended
A Buddhist Trinity - Further Support
A Buddhist Trinity - The Core Path To Peace And Happiness.
A Carefree Day And Life
Acceptance Courage And Wisdom
Accepting The Life Of Those Around You
Acknowledgement Of The Cause Of Suffering Is Key
Allow Nothing To Disturb Your Peace And Happiness
An Open Letter To President-elect Trump And All Americans
Antagonist Or Challenge?
A Path To Compassion And Loving Kindness
Approaching The Other Shore
Are You Reading And Willing To Let Your Cravings Go?
As A Buddhist How Do You Plan - Revisited Again - Relying On Your Buddha Nature
As A Buddhist How Do You Think About The Future?
As A Buddhist … Revisited Again - Do We Need To Know Where We’re Headed?
As A Buddhist ... Revisited - Planning Without Thinking
As A Buddhist … Revisited Yet Again - How Do You Implement Moving Forward Without Having A Destination Point?
A Simpler Path To Experiencing Joy
Attachment To Self
Avatars - Their Usefulness
Back To Basics
Be A Light Unto Yourself And Others
Be Aware When Reading - Yearn To Please Or To Offer Joy?
Be Careful The Monk/Teacher You Choose
Befriend Yourself
Being Aware Of Abundance
Being Good To Yourself
Being - Not Being
Being One With Your True Buddha Self
Being Present Is Being Flexible
Being Present Is The Key To Peace And Contentment
Being Present - No What If’s Or Imagining The Future
Being Present - Part 2
Being Present Requires Faith
Being There For Someone
Belief In You Buddha Nature - The Beginning And The End
Believe In Yourself
Be One With Your Divine Essence
Be Sustained By The Love Of Buddha Within You
Be The Eye Of The Hurricane
Beware Complacency
Beyond Acceptance
Beyond Awareness
Beyond Dispassion - The Next Step
Boredom
Boundaries
Buddha Mind - Child Mind
Buddha Mind Free Of Thought
Buddha Nature Gentle And Serene
Buddhism And The Divine
Burying Your Old Identity
Burying Your Old Identity - II - Separating Yourself From Your Old Identity
Can't Find Your Buddha Nature - Look In The Mirror
Change Your Life By Changing The Direction Of Its Energy Flow
Changing The Direction Of Your Energy Flow - II - Manifesting
Changing Your Reactions
Chicken Or Egg ?
Cleansed
Co-existence Of Buddha Nature And Ego-Mind
Compassion
Control
Craving "Survival" Condemns You To Suffering
Crying - An Understanding
Darkness Before Light
Darkness V Light
Death And Life
Death And Life - Part 2
Death Heaven And Hell
Deflating The Ego
Dependence
Desire - The Gerbil Trap
Desperate For Love And Acknowledgment?
Discipline - It’s Essential
Dislike - An Insidious Obstruction
Dispassion Does Not Mean Wtihout Feeling
Dispassion - Enter The State Of By Becoming Aware Of The Emptiness Of Our Ego-mind
Dispassion - Obstacles And Options To Achieve It
Dispassion - Unlocking The Doors
Don't Just Negate Specifics - Replace Your Total Frame Of Reference
Don't Just Say No To Your Mind
Don’t Waste A Moment
Don’t Waste A Moment
Do We Suffer Or Not? - The Choice Is Ours
Do You Really Want To Be At Peace And Content
Ego - Changing Your Relationship With It
Embrace The Moment Not Merely Accept
Emptiness - What Does It Mean?
Emptying Myself Of Myself - The Divine's Will Not Mine
Enter Your Buddha Mind
Equanimity But Feel Someone’s Pain
Everything That Disturbs Us Is A Product Of Suffering
Everything You Need To Be Happy
Everything You Need To Be Happy- II
Evil - How Should A Buddhist Respond?
Expectations? - Not If You Want To End Suffering
Experiencing The Fullness Of The Present
Facing My Insecurity
Faith And Mind Not Separate
Faith And Mind Not Separate - 2
Faith And Mind - Take III
Faith And Reason
Faith Even When You Are Dependent On Others
Faith: The Essential Element Of Spiritual Practice
Faith: What Is It And Why Is It Essential?
Fear And Anxiety - There's More
Fear Anxiety And Craving - Chicken Or Egg #2
Fear Arises From Our Desire To Control
Fearlessness
Fear's Destructive Impact
Fear V Common Sense
Fear V Faith
Feeling Lack - A Most Insidious Perception
Feeling Off? - Adjust Your Attitude
Finding Happiness In Each Moment
Forgiveness - A Different Take
Freedom From The Future
Freedom From The Known
Freedom - What Does It Mean?
Freeing Yourself From Anger And Resentment
Freeing Yourself From Attachments
Freeing Yourself From Fear
Freeing Yourself From Fear II
Freeing Yourself From Fear - III
Freeing Yourself From Suffering - The Prerequisite Step
Freeing Your Soul
Freeing Your Soul - II
Freeing Your Soul - III
Free Of Thought - Important Clarification
Frustration ... Our Canary In The Mine
Get Over Yourself
Getting To Know Your True Buddha Self
Give Yourself A Choice
Going Through Life With Blinders - The Obstruction Of Labels
Good Guys Finish Last?
Go Slow
Grateful For Being Alive
Guilt
Guilt And The Defensive Beast
Half Measures Don't Work
Happenstance
Happenstance - Part II - You Your Buddha Nature And The Universe
Happiness Is Elusive
Happiness - What You Need To Be Happy
Happy New Year 2017?
Have Directions Not Goals
Have Faith In The Process
Have You Heard Of Narcs - The Final Answer To Why I Was Frowning
Healing Your Inner Child - Healing Your Wounded Heart
Healing Your Inner Child - Update
Hell Is Just Resistance To Life
How I Failed Myself
How The Ego-Mind Tries To Destroy Faith
How To Desire Yet Not Crave?
How To Find Faith?
How To Find Your True Self Your Heart
How To Free Yourself From The Control Of Your Ego-Mind
How To Live In Our World
How To Love Yourself
How To Observe Through The Eyes Of Your True Buddha Self
How To Offer Others Joy
How To Protect Yourself Against Psychic Attack
How To Respond To Acts Of Aggression
How To Spiritually Respond To The Election?
How To Start The Day
How To Surrender Your Ego Or Turn Your Will And Your Life Over To The Care Of Your True Buddha Nature
Humbling Myself
Humility
Humility - How To Gain It?
Humility: The Truth About "My" Good Accomplishments
I Am Being Reborn
I Am Therefore I Am
If Nothing Offends All Internal Struggle Ceases
If This Is Practical Buddhism Why The Pastoral Setting
"If You Love Someone You Will Suffer"
Imagining In Meditation
I'm Back
I’m Grateful To Be A Jubu
Inner Happiness - Outer Happiness
Innocence Or Ignorance?
Insecurity - Nurture Not Nature
Instead Of Forgiveness Show Compassion
It Doesn’t Have To Be
It's All About Survival - Or Is It?
It's A Sin -The Harm We Inflict On Ourselves
It’s Just The Way It Is
It’s Just The Way It Is And It’s All OK
It's Just The Way It Is - Take III
It’s No Crime To Think About Oneself!
Joy - A Hopefully Final Take
Joy - At Last Real Understanding
Joy - Experience It Now
Joyful Dispassion - Excited Non-attachment
Joyful Dispassion - Update
Joy/Happiness - A Choice We Make
Joy - One More Take
Joy - The Final Take - Taking Joy In Each Moment Is Only Possible When You Radiate Light
Joy - Yet Another Take
Knowing Best?
Know The Greatness Within You
Know Thyself - The Power Of Awareness
Know Who You Are - Be Who You Are
Lack V Abundance
Let Go - Let God
Letting Go
Letting Others Go Their Way
Liberate Yourself From Thinking
Likes And Dislikes - A Potential Trap Examined
Listening - Why Is It So Difficult?
Looking For Your Treasure
Love At First Sight - NOT
Love/Loving-Kindness - Defined In The Buddhist Context
Love Yourself Unconditionally
Make It Your Own - An Extension Of “The Heart’s Embrace”
Making Lists - Objectifying Your Fears The Things That Push Your Buttons
Making Peace With The Outside; Making Peace With The Inside
Making Sense Of Being Tested
Making The Most Of Every Day
Manifestation - DANGER DANGER!
Manifesting
Manifesting In The Moment
Meditation - Coming Home Releasing And Being At Peace
Meditation - The Importance Of Daily Practice
Memory - Don’t Trust It
Mental Obstructions
Mind Resting Undisturbed
Mirror Mirror On The Wall - A Revelation
Mirror Time
Money And Spirituality
My Daily Task
My Daily Task - 2
My Ego's Sneak Attack
My Life - A Being Dichotomized
My Meditation Isn't Working!
My Mind Trapped Me
My Road To Peace
My True Buddha Self And Me
Nature Of Mind Revealed - A Transformation
Never Stop Going Deeper
Newly Discovered Trauma
Nirvana - It's Right Before Your Eyes
No Expectations No Hope?
No One’s Life Is Ordinary
No Reason To Be Defensive
No Self - Not!
No Spiritual Force Can Protect You From Yourself Your Mind
Not Engaging Your Thoughts
Nothing To Prove
Not Me - Peeling Off The Layers Of Our Ego-Mind
Observe
Offering Others Joy - From The Heart
Offer Joy Experience Joy
Offer Myself Joy!
Oneness Does Not Mean Sameness
Opening The Door To Being Present
Our Over-sexed Culture And Lives
Pain - A Cry For Help
Paradise Lost
Peace And Happiness Is Your Birthright
Personal Boundaries As Part Of A Buddhist Life
Preparing A Child For Life
Pride Is A Function Of The Devil
Problem - NOT!
Proof Of The Nature Of Mind - Fear Ego And Buddha Mind
Prosperity And Abundance
Protecting Yourself From The Elements
Psychiatry Needs To Incorporate Buddhist Teaching
Putting Spirituality Into Practice 24/7
Que Sera Sera - Whatever Will Be Will Be
Real Clarity V The Delusion Of Clarity
Reality Is Not What We Experience
Receiving The Love Of Your Buddha Nature
Reciting Affirmations
Reclaiming The Narrative Of My Life - II
Reclaiming The “Story” Of Your Life
Reflecting On 75 Years
Reincarnation - An Unorthodox Take
Rejoice And Be Happy
Rejoice And Be Happy - II
Releasing All Desire
Releasing All Desire - II
Releasing Negative Energy
Renouncing What You Have Always Depended On
Replacing Weakness With Strength
Reprogram Your Mind To End Your Suffering
Returning Home - Returning To Your True Buddha Nature
Right Attitude
Ritual Burning Of The Past
Safety Defined
Saying Grace
Saying “No” To Negative Thought
Seeing The Light
Seeing Through The Eyes Of Your True Buddha Self
Seek And You Shall Find
Seeking Guidance From Buddha Mind Not Ego Mind
Seeking Guidance From The Buddha/God/the Universe - II
Seeking Guidance From The Buddha/God/the Universe - III
Seeking Guidance From The Buddha/God/the Universe - IV
See Things Through Your Heart Not Your Mind
See Yourslef And The World Through Different Eyes
Self Re-examined
Self-Responsibility During The Pandemic
Sex - Misused And Abused - A Different Perspective
Shall We Dance? - An Invitation To The Dance Of Death
Shame
Soul’s Yearning Distorted By The Ego-Mind
Soul -True Self - And Ego-Mind
Speaking The Truth
Speaking To Your Buddha Nature/Divinity/Heart
Speak The Truth But Beware
Starving The Ego
Step #10: Continued To Be Mindful Of The Arising Of Cravings And Desires And When They Arose Did Not Attach To Them And Allowed Them To Subside.
Step #11: Sought Through Meditation To Constantly Improve Our Conscious Contact With Our True Buddha Nature
Step #1: Admitted Our Cravings Cause Us Suffering And That We Are Powerless Over Them
Step #2: Came To Believe That Our True Buddha Nature Could Restore Us To Peace And Created A Platform Of Serenity
Step #3: Committed Ourselves To The Path By Practicing The Five Precepts And The Six Paramitas
Step #4 Came To Believe That All Our Perceptions Are Learned - That They Are Just A Product Of Our Ego-mind - And That Our Ego-mind Is Not Our True Self - Instead We Knew That Our True Self Is Our Heart.
Step #5: Were Ready And Willing And Made A Decision To Surrender Our Ego And Turn Our Will And Our Lives Over To The Care Of Our True Buddha Nature Opening Our Heart To Embrace All Aspects Of Our Being.
Step #6: Came To Believe That We Have Everything We Need Within Ourselves To Be At Peace And Happy
Step #7: Came To Be Free Of Our Cravings
Step #8: Were Entirely Ready To Love Ourselves Unconditionally And Have Compassion For Ourselves And To Accept Ourselves And The World Around Us As Being The Way They Are Because It's Just The Way It Is.
Step #9: Made A List Of Persons We Had Harmed And Made Amends To Them
Stopping Self-Sabotage
Strength Not Courage
Suffering Is Universal - But Why?
Survival - The Force That Controls Our Life
Taking Pleasure In Each Passing Moment
Taking Refuge In Yourself
Taking Responsibility Is Not Blame
Teaching Only Points The Way
Test The Wisdom Of What You’re Doing Or Thinking Of Doing
The 3-legged Stool Of Spirituality
The Art Of Self-Nurturing
The Challenge Of Staying Aware
The Coexistence Of Ego And Buddha Nature
The Conceit "I Am"
The Devil Is Alive And Well
The Distinction Between Pain And Suffering
The Divine And Man
The Ego As Saboteur
The Emptiness Of Intrinsic Existence And Its Relevance To Global Warming
The Felt Need For Acknowledgment
The Five Precepts
The Four Bodhisattva Vows
The Fourfold Path To Freedom
The Four Noble Truths
The Freedom Of Focusing On Someone Or Something Outside Yourself
The Heart/Mind Divide
The Heart’s Embrace - More On Freeing Ourselves
The Heart's Embrace - Updated
The Hurt Of Rejection - Its Enduring Impact
The Illusion Of Control
The Imperative Of Self-Preservation
The Lessons Of Siddhartha
The Light Within You
The Limits Of Rational Thought
The Meaning And Power Of Selflessness
The Middle Way - A Way Back From The Breach
The Mind And The Wounded Inner Child
The Mind And Your Inner Child - II
The Mind Is Sneaky - Surrender It
The Mind's Deep State
The Mind - Suffering Connection
The Miracle That Is You
The Misleading Teaching Of No Self
The Missing Noble Truth
The Myanmar Situation
The Mystery Of The Ego - An Answer
The New Me - I Not I
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Original Trauma - Birth
The Parable Of The Raft
The Path As Tightrope
The Path From Peace To Joy
The Path Is Never-Ending
The Power Of Affirmations - Use Carefully
The Power Of Giving Voice To Thoughts
The Power Of Prayer
The Present Beyond Us
The Purpose Of Life
The Purpose Of Meditation
The Push/Pull Of Ego-Mind
The Question Is Not Whether The Glass Is Half Empty Or Half Full
There Are No Bad Persons
There Is Nothing Wrong With You
The Remnants Of The Ego
The Serenity Prayer
The Soul’s Yearning And How Best To Fulfill It
The Source Of Equanimity And Peace
The Stages Of Acceptance
The Stages Of Man’s Spirit
The Subconscious
The Sun Is Always Shining/ There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather
The Three Stages Of Embrace
The Truth – Seeing It And Speaking It
The Unaware Consumer
The Wisdom Of Chickens
The Wisdom Of Now
This Is Not Me This Is Not My Self
Thought Objects
To Free Yourself From Cravings You Must Free Yourself Of Fear
To Love Unconditionally = Loving-Kindness
Tonglen - How To Approach Its Practice
To Observe Free Of Mind - To Experience Joy
To See Opportunity You Must Be Free Of Fear
To Thine Own Self Be True
Trauma
Trauma Begets Trauma
Trauma Denied No Longer
Trauma - Healing It Is Critical
Trauma - It’s Release
Turning Your Will Over To Your True Buddha Nature
Waking Up
Walking Away From Modernity
Walking On The Beach
Walking The Path - It’s A Lot Of Work But It’s Well Worth It
Wandering Until ?
Wealth Poverty And Buddhism
We Are All One
We Are Not Meant To Suffer
We Have Everything We Need To Be At Peace And Happy Inside Ourselves
We Have Lost Our Sense Of Place
We Make Our Own Mental Environment
We Never Stop Healing
What Activates The Ego-Mind?
What Are We Celebrating On July 4th?
What Blocks Me From Being Truly Present And Radiating My Inner Energy 24/7?
What If The Present Is Bad?
What Is Joy? What Is Happiness?
What Is Life Without Emotion?
What Is Most Important To You?
What Is Your Task In Life?
What Lies Behind Our Good Deeds?
What Nourishes My Soul?
What Price Peace And Happiness?
What's In A Name?
What's Real And What’s Not Real?
What’s The Real Challenge - Life Or The Ego?
What To Do When You Lose Faith?
What Use Fame Power Fortune?
What You Can’t Will And What You Can
When A Heart’s Desire Is Commandeered By The Ego
When Joy Is Not Joy
When Love Is Not Love ...
When Nothing Offends
When Really Bad Things Happen
When Smiling Toddlers Cry
When The Mind Intervenes
Who Am I?
Who Are You?
Who/What Is Your True Self?
Why Diets Fail - A Buddhist Perspective
Why Do We Crave?
Why Is Being Grateful Such A Challenge?
Why Is It So Hard To Be Free Of Your Ego?
Why Is Mankind Trapped In A Box?
Why Point The Compass Towards Tomorrow?
Why We Take Offense
Wisdom - What Is It?
Wounded Our Ego-Mind Becomes The Devil
Yes Virginia There Is A True Buddha Nature
Yet Another Past Attachment
You Are Not Alone
You As Observer
You Can Be In Control
You Cannot Radiate Light If You Are Filled With Fear
You Don't Need To Be Liked
Your True Self And The Irrelevance Of The Min
Your Will Not My Mind's - II

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